BitTorrent, How does it Work?

I'm sure you've all heard of BitTorrent, the tool of pirates, free software users, World of Warcraft Players and Universities. But how does it actually work?







Here is a great visualization on how the data gets shared around "Seeds" and "Peers". (You'll need to use a proper browser, Like Opera, Chrome, Firefox or Safari to view it, because Internet Explorer sucks)


Via TorrentFreak

Cubestormer

You are snowed in with nothing but a box of lego and a rubik's cube.


What do you do? Play with the rubik's cube until your hands get tired? Well you could do that, but because it's not just any lego, it's a box of Lego Mindstorm, you could be creative:





Via Gizmodo

Keep your foil, I'll take the Gel

On the back of the Foil Fiasco, which turns out to be another case of politicians not listening to experts, we have this little nugget: Aerogel the space age "frozen smoke" is now cheap enough to use as insulation.






So rip out your foil, and stick in some gel.

The Z-Car is officially Old!

Oh noes, my precious Z-Car is now 40! What to do!



Well, clearly make a 40th anniversary model!

The 370Z 40th Anniversary Edition starts out as a 370Z Coupe Touring model equipped with manual transmission and Sport Package (including SynchroRev Match, front chin spoiler, rear spoiler, Nissan Sport Brakes, 19-inch Rays forged aluminum-alloy wheels and viscous limited-slip differential) and adds a premium “40th Graphite” exterior color and red leather-appointed interior.

Now if you excuse me, I'll be in my bunk...

Big Pharm, Little Direction

Apparently, "Queensland Health has released figures revealing the disappointing uptake of the H1N1 vaccine".



Wait... lets read that again:

15 per cent of Far Northern residents have been vaccinated against swine flu... 2 per cent more than the state average.

So, we have another sensationalistic and complete false headline from the Cairns Post. I'm shocked.




Would it come as a surprise to you to find out that even some governments (funnily enough, not ours) are starting to question the severity of Swine Flu? I know, it is hard to believe, but just occasionally they wake up from their drunken binges on public money long enough to realize they've been had by the pharmaceutical companies.



Sigh... would someone please tell the sheep that it's all been one big scam?

And we're back, live here on the BBC

Well, maybe not on the BBC... But we are on the internets again. I'll try to keep the updates rolling this time, so stay tuned in.




But for now, here's a Google Buzz parody: